Bannertail - The Story of a Gray Squirrel

Ernest Thompson Seton

• Publisher: White Press
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9781528781459
• Print ISBN:
  9781528702706

"Bannertail: The Story of a Graysquirrel" is a 1922 children's novel written and illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton. This charming volume tells the story of Bannertail, A baby squirrel who is adopted by a farm cat following the death of his mother. However, one day the barn that he has called his home for most of his life burns down forcing him to escape into the woods where he must learn to survive on his own. This charming tale of love, loss, and growing up and adventure would make for perfect bedtime reading for animal-loving children, and it is not to be missed by collectors of Seton's seminal fiction. Ernest Thompson Seton (1860 – 1946) was an English-born Canadian author and wildlife artist who founded the Woodcraft Indians in 1902. He was also among the founding members of the Boy Scouts of America, established in 1910. He wrote profusely on this subject, the most notable of his scouting literature including "The Birch Bark Roll" and the "Boy Scout Handbook". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Table of contents

• Ernest Thompson Seton
• FOREWORD
• THE FOUNDLING
• HIS KITTENHOOD
• THE RED HORROR
• THE NEW AND LONELY LIFE
• THE FLUFFING OF HIS TAIL
• THE FIRST NUT CROP
• THE SUN SONG OF BANNERTAIL
• THE COLD SLEEP
• THE BALKING OF FIRE-EYES
• REDSQUIRREL, THE SCOLD OF THE WOODS
• BANNERTAIL AND THE ECHO VOICE
• THE COURTING OF SILVERGRAY
• THE HOME IN THE HIGH HICKORY
• NEW RIVALS
• BACHELOR LIFE AGAIN
• THE WARDEN MEETS AN INVADER
• THE HOODOO ON THE HOME
• THE NEW HOME
• THE MOVING OF THE YOUNG
• THE COMING-OUT PARTY
• NURSERY DAYS OF THE YOUNG ONES
• CRAY HUNTS FOR TROUBLE
• THE LITTLE SQUIRRELS GO TO SCHOOL
• THE LOPPING OF THE WAYWARD BRANCH
• BANNERTAIL FALLS INTO A SNARE
• THE ADDICT
• THE DREGS OF THE CUP
• THE WAY OF DESTRUCTION
• MOTHER CAREY'S LASH
• HIS AWAKENING
• THE UNWRITTEN LAW
• SQUIRREL GAMES
• WHEN BANNERTAIL WAS SCARRED FOR LIFE
• THE FIGHT WITH THE BLACK DEMON
• THE PROPERTY LAW AMONG ANIMALS
• GATHERING THE GREAT NUT HARVEST
• AND TO-DAY